Highlights
- An Evening In The Collection brings together Desert Design Week, Scottsdale Arts, and Lauren Allen Culinary Events on Oct. 9 at 6 p.m.
- The event is listed as a special event at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, a 100,000-square-foot venue that debuted in 1975.
- The evening falls one night before Punch Brothers perform at the same venue, the second ticketed show of the 2026-27 season.
- Ticket and accessibility details are available on the Scottsdale Arts event page.
Three organizations with overlapping reach into Scottsdale's design and culinary circles are staging a joint evening at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. Desert Design Week, Scottsdale Arts, and Lauren Allen Culinary Events are billing the night as an exclusive gathering of art, design, and immersive experiences.
The venue, a 100,000-square-foot facility designed by architect Bennie Gonzales that opened in 1975, has hosted performers ranging from Bob Dylan to Steve Martin across its five decades. An Evening In The Collection positions itself on the cultural side of that calendar rather than the concert side, landing the night before Punch Brothers take the same stage Oct. 10.
Desert Design Week is the organizing frame that gives the event its timing logic: the collaboration drops the evening squarely inside a week already drawing the design-trade audience to Scottsdale. Lauren Allen Culinary Events adds a hospitality layer the venue's standard concert programming does not typically carry.
What is An Evening In The Collection?
According to the Scottsdale Arts listing, the event is described as an exclusive evening of art, design, and immersive experiences produced jointly by Desert Design Week, Scottsdale Arts, and Lauren Allen Culinary Events. Specific installations, featured designers, and ticket pricing are not detailed in the current public listing.
Full event details and ticketing are posted at the Scottsdale Arts event page.
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- scottsdalearts.org retrieved 10/09/2026 05:54
- Phoenix New Times retrieved 10/09/2026 05:54
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